# Amputations at Parker Hannifin
> OSHA SIR `2019065970` · 6/13/2019 · KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Parker Hannifin
- **Location:** 4400 E. Hwy 30, KEARNEY, NEBRASKA, 68845
- **NAICS:** 336399
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was positioning a wooden pallet on top of a stack of steel. The pallet dropped onto a steel coil from about 18 inches up, crushing the employee's right index finger and causing a partial amputation.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*